Humppila Finland, REVONTULI glass platter

Humppila is one of the Finland traditional glass makers with very recognizable designs by several famous designers. Tauno Wirkkala, not sure he has any relation to the other famous Wirkkala, is one of the designers who worked for Humppila. He made some stunning and creative designs, very bold, with organic forms and ombré finishing to the glass. I find this ombré color changing from a darker brown shade to clear glass via amber and yellow stunning. His pieces are bottom signed, etched with his name and the company. This design is called REVONTULI and is for sale in our shop. 

Check the this beautiful item in our shop here 

Frantisek Vizner Vase 20053 for Sklo Union, a very special listing

I listed a very special item this week. This beautiful set of four glass vases, each in a different color. This piece was created by Czech designer Frantisek Vizner (1936-2011) in 1963 for Czechoslovakia glass factory Hermanova Hut with pattern 20053. It is a small piece with 8,5 centimeters of height but this design is perfect and this small glass vase turned out to be one of Vizner's most recognized designs. The set in four colors, clear glass, pale light blue, old pink and lilac. Enjoy the pictures.

I am placing a direct link to the listing here

Arabia Finland FLORA: Flower Sales Power...

Listed these lovely FLORA tea cups in my shop at the end of the day yesterday and moved forward to make some dinner... before I could finish eating my dinner the cups were sold... That was a record. 

Arabia Finland FLORA  is a very attractive series, Esteri Tomula designs in general are highly attractive and tend to fetch a lot of money and sell quite fast and there are buyers out there hunting them all the time. However, I thought that my recently sourced set of tea cups were not the most attractive cups out there because, even if the cups per se were in fabulous condition, the saucers were ruined... completely wasted and destroyed from too much washing and scratching... guess their previous owner used the saucers more than the cups... The saucers are in such a bad condition that I decided to list the cups without the saucers because they are not worth the cost of shipping...

So, off they go... what are the odds? these lovely saucer-less cups are going back to Finland, they found a new home in their home country... 

A happy ending story. Love those.

It is not possible to see from this angle but the saucer in the picture is in terrible shape... the glaze is completely scratched and gone, puff, destroyed... such a pity. Heavy dish washer use and cutlery marks. 

JIE Gantofta Sweden - Ewa Jarenskog's Couple of Gossipers...

"What are you saying? NO! Really?" 
 Wonder what these two are gossiping about? Me too.

This small ceramic figurine designed by Ewa Jarenskog has a couple dressed in black gowns chatting, or as I like to say, gossiping. It is really beautiful and their black gowns adds some mystery to the piece. It will look fabulous in a corner on any small shelf. 

Ewa Jarenskog created several pieces for JIE Gantofta, several of them showing couple in romantic embraces, but this one is not very romantic, is it? More like a couple of friends gossiping, right? That is what it looks to me.  You will find this lovely little ceramic sculpture here

One Iconic German Vase: Ruscha 313

Today I just wanted to share some large pictures of this stunning iconic vase. Known as Ruscha 313, this ceramic vase was manufactured by German pottery Ruscha with pattern number 313. Ta-da! 

Ruscha 313 was designed by Kurt Tschörner in 1957 and off it went to become one of the most iconic pieces of mid century modern German ceramic. This design was released in two main editions with slightly small differences between the two. The design was manufactured with hundreds of different types of glazes what, per se, is an invitation for collection. How can one choose a favorite glaze for such a gorgeous piece? 

This vase has a light blue marble-like matte glaze. In this version the glaze mixes light shades of blue and gray into a grayish blue thick layer with thin brown lines. The final result may look like marble. This type of glaze is also very characteristic of Ruscha and were added to all their line of items. Vases, bowls, wall hanging planters etc.. This type of marble-like finishing was done in different colors and shades from very light shades of gray, brown, green, blue and black... All very beautiful.

This vase is for sale in our shop Doce Vika Vintage 

Newest additions: Frantisek Vizner and Pavel Pánek Vases

Just added three new Czech glass vases to the shop. I love them all but, well, they are for sale now... so hush if you like these because they likely will sell pretty fast. 

I listed two stunning jardiniere style vases in heavy glass designed by Frantisek Vizner to Libochovice Glassworks in the 1960's and both showing strong optical style characteristic of Vizner works. The third is a small vase designed by Pavel Pánek for Rosice Glassworks in 1974 with pattern 3516. This Pavel's glass vase has the same vibes of his other boob vases and bowls. 

Frantisek Vizner designed this jardiniere vase pattern 3236 for Libochovice 

Pavel Pánek, Rosice Glassworks 1974, Pattern 3516

Frantisek Vizner jardiniere vase, pattern 3236, Libochovice Glassworks

Frantisek Vizner  jardiniére vase, pattern 3236, Libochovice Glassworks

One more batch of MCM Czech Vases: Pavel Panek and Frantisek Peceny

Vintage Pavel Panek Pressed Glass Vase 5135/14 for Rosice Glassworks

Frantisek Peceny vase for Hermanova Hut

Frantisek Peceny vase pattern 20235/16 for Hermanova Hut

Frantisek Peceny vase pattern 20235/16 for Hermanova Hut

Vintage Pavel Panek Pressed Glass Vase 5135/14 for Rosice Glassworks

Vintage Pavel Panek vase pattern 5135/14 for Rosice Glassworks

One more batch of Sklo Union glass vases

Mid century modern Czech glass design is a great source of happiness and I am never tired of them. So here you have one more batch of them. This time we have the stunning Pavel Panek´s 5135 vase and two Frantisek Peceny´s vase, one of them known as "Dragon Head". These Sklo Union pressed glass vases have also been added to our Etsy Store recently. 

These vase you find in our Etsy store.